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What festivals do the ethnic minorities in Yunnan have?

1, Achang-Torch Festival

Torch Festival has profound folk culture connotation and is called "Carnival of the East". Different ethnic groups hold Torch Festivals at different times, mostly on June 24th of the lunar calendar. The main activities are bullfighting, goat shooting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, song and dance performances, beauty contests and so on.

2. Bai people-March Street

March Street is also called "Guanyin City" and "Guanyin Street"; "Sacrificing Guanyin Street" is a grand traditional festival of the Bai people, and it is also a grand gathering for the exchange of traditional materials and cultural activities of the Bai people. It is popular in Dali, Yunnan and other places. March Street is held at the foot of Diancang Mountain in western Dali from March 15 to 2 1 Sunday every year.

3. Dai people-Water-splashing Festival

Songkran Festival is a New Year's Festival for Dai, Achang, Bulang, Wa, De 'ang and some ethnic groups in Indochina Peninsula in China. This is the biggest traditional festival of the Dai people in a year. China Dai Festival is held in June and July of the Dai calendar (around 10 days after Tomb-Sweeping Day).

4. Bulang-Open Day

Kaimen Festival, also known as "Chugu Festival", is a traditional festival of Dai, Bulang, De 'ang and some Wa people who believe in Hinayana Buddhism, and it is popular in Yunnan. The time is December 15th in the Dai calendar, corresponding to the Closing of the Door Festival (Summer Festival), which originated from the habit of living in rainy season in ancient Indian Buddhism.

5. South Korea Shangyuan Festival

Shangyuan Festival generally refers to Lantern Festival. Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China, also known as Shangyuan Festival, Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year. The first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, and the ancients called "night". The fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night in a year, so it is called "Lantern Festival".